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Gordon Archbold Slater O.B.E. D.Mus. FRCO (1896–1979) was an English cathedral organist, who served in
Leicester Cathedral The Cathedral Church of Saint Martin, Leicester, commonly known as Leicester Cathedral, is a Church of England cathedral in Leicester, England, and the seat of the Bishop of Leicester. One of the city centre's five surviving medieval ch ...
and
Lincoln Cathedral Lincoln Cathedral, also called Lincoln Minster, and formally the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln, is a Church of England cathedral in Lincoln, England, Lincoln, England. It is the seat of the bishop of Lincoln and is the Mo ...
. Born in Harrogate, the son of a cabinet-maker, he was a composer of organ, piano and choral music.


Hymn Tunes

Three hymn tunes appear in well-known and well-used books. 'St Botolph' is very widely sung to the words "''Jesu the Very Thought of Thee''" (or ''"To Mary, Mother of our God"'') 'Bilsdale' was sung by generations of children to the words "''I love God's tiny creatures''" whilst 'Fountains Abbey' with an 8.4.8.4.10.10. metre alternates between triple and duple time. One of his pupils was Dennis Townhill, later organist of St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh.


Career

Slater was an organist of St Botolph's Church, Boston (1919–1927),
Leicester Cathedral The Cathedral Church of Saint Martin, Leicester, commonly known as Leicester Cathedral, is a Church of England cathedral in Leicester, England, and the seat of the Bishop of Leicester. One of the city centre's five surviving medieval ch ...
(1927–1931) and
Lincoln Cathedral Lincoln Cathedral, also called Lincoln Minster, and formally the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln, is a Church of England cathedral in Lincoln, England, Lincoln, England. It is the seat of the bishop of Lincoln and is the Mo ...
(1931–1966).A History of Lincoln Minster. Dorothy Owen He was appointed OBE in the 1974 New Year Honours.


References

1896 births 1979 deaths English classical organists English cathedral organists 20th-century English classical musicians 20th-century English organists 20th-century English male musicians English male classical organists Officers of the Order of the British Empire {{organist-stub